Jump into the New Year with DK Canada

The New Year. It is about wanting to jump into a new way of being to get a fresh start in our lives. This can be done in so many different ways. Learning how to make certain parts of our lives better is what DK Canada loves to share with their books. They asked my family if some of their titles would help us jump into the New Year in fun and inspiring ways.

Here are the three books we received to jump into the New Year from DK Canada:

A healthy start to the day

Eating healthier is a goal that many of us promise to ourselves at New Years. One way to get a jump on this resolution is by getting a healthy start to your day. We love drinking smoothies at home to get some nutrients into a fun and easy drink. Healthy, Quick & Easy Smoothiesprovides readers with 100 recipes to blend and sip on.

Healthy, Quick & Easy Smoothies book cover.

What is great about this book is that each smoothie is under 300 calories, has no more than five ingredients, and. Takes less than ten minutes to whip up and enjoy. Nutritional information for each recipe is also provided so users can make informed decisions about which smoothies to try. Modifications can also be made to replace certain ingredients without changing too many of its nutritional values.

From all of the smoothies available to try in this book, I would love to make the Strawberries and Vanilla with Lavender recipe. It would be great to sip on after my fitness routine. The strawberries would give my body a bit of a recharge. The addition of the lavender would help to ease my mind to transition into another part of my day.

Strawberries and Vanilla with Lavender smoothie recipe pages.

Healthy and quick meals for your family

If your family is like mine, there are many days during the week where a healthy and quick meal is needed to thoroughly satisfy grumbly tummies. Instant Pots have become a widely popular solution for this problem. Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook is a great way to have a variety of recipes at hand to put together healthy dishes in a short amount of time.

Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook book cover.

I was surprised at the different types of dishes that can be made in an Instant Pot. One of the recipes that caught my eye in this book is the Peach French Toast Casserole. It is a sweet elevation on a favourite breakfast dish. Seeing how it turned out in the book surprised me. I also like that this dish can be prepped the night before. This would make a hard to get up and go morning easier and tastier to jump into.

Peach French Toast Casserole recipe pages.

Girl power in all shapes and sizes

Captain Marvel. Jubilee. Gamora. These are some of the Marvel superheroes I grew up with when I was a kid. Now that I am a mom, I am passing my love for these women to my kids. Fearless and Fantastic: Female Super Heroes Save the Worldfeatures many of the women and girls that make up this comic book universe for kids to jump into and to learn more about them!

Fearless and Fantastic: Female Super Heroes Save the World book cover.

Not only does this title give readers a very brief back story about each of the female characters in the Marvel universe, it also categorizes these characters into different sections based on the traits they use to battle evil. From intelligence and strength to kindness and courage, these ladies help to inspire kids to be their best.

One character my kids enjoyed learning about in this book is Storm. They were surprised to find out about her upbringing, her relationship with Black Panther, and her eventual leadership role with the X-Men. She is also such a powerful character. She is a family favourite!

Storm section pages.

Jump to fun and learning made easy

My family found it easy to jump into fun for the New Year with these three titles from DK Canada. Different ways to sip healthier drinks is at hand with help from Healthy, Quick & Easy Smoothies.We loved the inventive meals we can try making with Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook.Stories of inspiring women who fight to save the world are at their fingertips with Fearless and Fantastic: Female Super Heroes Save the World. Each of these books will make makes us happier from the inside out and help us think of new ways to enjoy the upcoming year.

Jump into the New Year with DK Canada

Would you like more book ideas so your family can hop into the holidays in a fun ways? Yu can discover more titles, like my family did, on DK Canada’s website! We also connected with them on their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest pages!

Disclaimer: I received products from DK Canada to write this review. The views I share are my own.

A DK Canada Books Giveaway!

DK Canada book covers.

DK Canada would like for one lucky Ottawa Mommy Club follower all three books we shared in our review! These books are:

Healthy, Quick & Easy Smoothies

Healthy Instant pot Cookbook

Fearless and Fantastic: Female Super Heroes Save the World

The ARV of this prize package is $75!

This giveaway is open to Canadian residents and ends at 11:59 EDT on February 1st, 2019.

If there are any issues with this giveaway, please email us at ottawamommyclub@hotmail.com.

Rules: Open to Canadian residents 18 +. You have 48 hours to reply by email once you are notified as the winner. If you don’t, we will draw another entry. Prize is non-transferable. No substitution or cash equivalent of prizes is permitted. The selected winner must correctly answer a mathematical question in order to win the prize mentioned above. The Ottawa Mommy Club is not responsible for prize fulfillment and for the delivery/shipment of the prize(s) mentioned above. For our complete set of rules, please click here.

I would choose Fearless and Fantastic: Female Super Heroes Save the World. I’ve been an acquaintance of Marvel since I was a kid in the 60s, fell away for decades, and recently discovered some really well written and interesting storylines. So, full circle, and I’d love to win this prize.

I like being ahead of things, so the book The Memory Activity Book would be a good one for me as I am getting to that age where memory can be a problem. I like to keep my brain engaged and reading of new ways would be helpful.

The book Weather and the Seasons would be a book I would like to get to entertain my youngest grandson. He loves being outside and discovering nature. I want to build good memories with my grandchildren and this would be a good way.

My grandchildren like to cook so the book Science You Can Eat would be a fun one to share with them. It would probably answer questions they ask about why we need to put different things like soda and baking powder in cookies a lot better than the explanations I give them.

I would love a copy of the Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook because we received an Instant Pot for Christmas and are looking for recipes to help us use it. Great to support a product that was invented by an Ottawa resident!